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Sources tell Team 5 Investigates six of the bodies have been identified but many families are still waiting for word on their loved ones.

"What is the most hurtful part of this is the Band-Aid has been ripped off, the wound is open and pounds of salt are being poured onto this because we have no certainty," said Charlotte McLaughlin of Quincy.

McLaughlin told Team 5 Investigates when 12 bodies were pulled out of a storage unit in Weymouth Thursday afternoon, and 46 cremated remains were found in another in Somerville she was overcome with a flood of emotions wondering if the remains of her father, Bobby Lyons, had been locked away here for years.

"I'm angry one minute, want to cry the next," said McLaughlin.

Investigators say those storage units are connected to unlicensed funeral director Joseph O'Donnell who was the focus of a Team 5 Investigation exposing questionable cremations and funeral arrangements at his Dorchester funeral home.

O'Donnell was supposed to handle the cremation of Charlotte's father who became a quadriplegic after suffering a massive stroke. He died in December 2012. The family never received his ashes.

"At one point are we going to find peace?" said McLaughlin.

McLaughlin told Team 5 Investigates that O'Donnell told her it would be best bury her father in the spring. When spring time came she says Joe O'Donnell was nowhere to be found.

"I can't believe someone would take vulnerable people who are burying a loved one and take complete advantage of the situation," McLaughlin said.

Team 5 Investigates discovered O'Donnell had been operating without a license for six years. Now investigators are left trying to identify dozens of remains and families are still waiting for closure.

"He was an invalid in a wheelchair and now he gets stuck in a storage facility rather than a proper burial with his parents," said McLaughlin.

Sources tell Team 5 Investigates about half of the bodies found in Weymouth have been identified. Most of the cremated remains have labels but investigators are working to verify them. If you have any concerns, you should call the Suffolk County District Attorney's Special Investigations Unit at 617-619-4010.

O'Donnell is currently locked up awaiting trial on two larceny charges to which he has pleaded not guilty.